Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, over 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Most weights of heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower except 600 lbs heifers sold 4.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.81/cwt on 1,851 head.

Average price

$186.81

1,851 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	186.96	1,165	1,817
Medium and Large 1-2	555	178.82	993	34

One grade step is worth $8.14/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,851 hd

186.81

—

NE average8 barns · 14,010 hd

187.17

−0.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	172.19/cwt	167.50–183.50	1,176	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	188.54/cwt	177.50–192.50	1,173	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	163.66/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,277	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	999	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	983	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	178.14/cwt	176.00–181.00	1,299	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	229.55/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,285	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	189.92/cwt	185.50–194.50	1,191	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	219.28/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,072	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	202.93/cwt	196.50–206.50	1,181	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	191.49/cwt	182.00–195.50	1,086	479
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	169.18/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,475	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	261.79/cwt	258.00–266.00	987	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,108	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,171	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	210.06/cwt	198.50–218.00	1,309	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	228.54/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,211	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,440	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	176.60/cwt	172.50–180.00	1,347	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	170.45/cwt	167.50–176.50	1,399	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	188.92/cwt	182.00–194.00	1,288	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	264.89/cwt	264.50–266.00	1,102	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	238.28/cwt	229.00–245.50	1,141	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	215.13/cwt	211.00–224.00	1,022	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	168.25/cwt	161.50–175.00	1,213	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	208.83/cwt	201.00–212.00	1,071	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	158.29/cwt	155.00–158.75	1,382	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	232.15/cwt	220.00–245.00	989	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	828	13

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Jan 26, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 4,120Last week 4,200Year ago 6,240

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	683	167.50–183.50	172.19
275	—	622	177.50–192.50	188.54
175	—	780	160.00–168.00	163.66
479	—	567	182.00–195.50	191.49
175	—	475	211.00–224.00	215.13
155	—	721	161.50–175.00	168.25
97	—	513	201.00–212.00	208.83
93	—	873	155.00–158.75	158.29
79	—	426	220.00–245.00	232.15
13	—	368	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	609	164.00	164.00
9	—	589	165.00	165.00
15	—	499	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	729	176.00–181.00	178.14
146	—	560	222.00–232.00	229.55
69	—	872	168.00–170.00	169.18
26	—	377	258.00–266.00	261.79
177	—	623	198.50–218.00	210.06
172	—	530	222.00–233.00	228.54
13	—	929	155.00	155.00
181	—	763	172.50–180.00	176.60
124	—	821	167.50–176.50	170.45
188	—	682	182.00–194.00	188.92
86	—	416	264.50–266.00	264.89
85	—	479	229.00–245.50	238.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	627	185.50–194.50	189.92
38	—	489	219.00–220.00	219.28
34	—	582	196.50–206.50	202.93
18	—	520	213.00	213.00
14	—	679	172.50	172.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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